Air Date: May 18, 2005
A wine glass shatters if a person sings at the right tone.
confirmed
Using lead crystal glasses, Adam proved part of the myth by breaking a glass with his amplified voice. Rock singer Jaime Vendera was then able to break a glass using his unaided voice, confirming the entire myth.
A rolling stone can truly gather no moss.
confirmed
While a rolling stone can pick up moss when rolled down a hill, that moss cannot grow onto the rock while it is rolling.
A shop vacuum can act similar to a jet engine if it is used to suck up gasoline.
busted
Newer model vacuums have the air flow isolated from the engine; even if this were not the case, the only results would be a small fire.
Newer: Episode 32: "Jet Pack"
The shop-vac myth is worded incorrectly, but I’m not sure whether the theory or the result is wrong since I haven’t seen the episode.
June 23, 2007 at 3:37 PMThanks, it has been fixed up.
June 23, 2007 at 3:44 PMAh, so you already tried the wine glass one. A bit sad, I thought I’d be first to try it, but then again, I was right! (My opera singing wife doubted it, and scientists elsewhere on the net claim that it is impossible).
Actually, we did preliminary experiments, but the glass amplified my wife’s voice so much that it became painful. Our earmuffs didn’t help much (they were rated for lawn mowers. Perhaps if they were rated for jet engines…)
Didn’t the mythbusters have problems with that? I suppose they could have used a different glass (we used cheap glass, crystal was too expensive)
June 27, 2007 at 4:20 AMevery crystalin structure has a harmonic resonence, whoever your scientist freinds are they aren’t well versed in such things. the military has been working on stuf like this for quite some time for diferent applications, i am not entirely sure of their results though.
July 16, 2007 at 6:37 PMI am having trouble finding the episode which stated moss only grows on the south side of tree trunks - which proved futile as the team was unable to grown moss at all. I was told by a landscaper that in order to grow moss you must prepare the surface where growth is desired by painting a generous coat of buttermilk first - then seed with desired moss. Did I really see this episode or was I dreaming?
January 2, 2008 at 1:09 PMI can’t believe Jamie could not break the glass with that squirrel on his upper lip.
January 10, 2008 at 11:42 AM